CFPB · Narrative-heavy record
Student Loan Direct
26 CFPB complaints · 50% with narratives · top issue Dealing with your lender or servicer.
Student Loan Direct: 50% of 26 filings include consumer narratives. Timely 69.2% · relief 11.5% · top product Student loan. Allegations, not findings.
- Narrative-heavy record
- -57.1% filings 2018 to 2026
CFPB relief outcome brief
CCDB company student-loan-direct
11.5% relief · 69.2% timely · 26 filings · Student loan
Same-product relief peers
Nearest relief peer: LendKey Technologies, Inc. (10.9% relief)
Student Loan Direct closes 11.5% with relief, above the 1.3% industry median among companies with ≥10 complaints. How CFPB response codes work →
Most of Student Loan Direct's 26 filings include narrative text
50% carry a written consumer narrative, this ledger is unusually text-rich for a CFPB company page. Counts still add to the company's total filings; narrative presence is not a severity finding.
CFPB benchmark: response within 15 calendar days of filing.
Share closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Student Loan Direct complaint mix by product
- Student loan 15 57.7% – 13% relief
- Credit reporting 6 23.1% – 0% relief
- Money transfer, 3 11.5% – 0% relief
- Debt collection 2 7.7% – 50% relief
How Student Loan Direct's 26 complaints split across CFPB product categories. Resolution rate badge = % closed with monetary or non-monetary relief.
Complaints by Product
| Product | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Student loan | 15 |
| Credit reporting or other personal consumer reports | 6 |
| Money transfer, virtual currency, or money service | 3 |
| Debt collection | 2 |
Where Student Loan Direct complaints are filed
Top states by attributed CFPB complaint volume for this company
- Leading state
- SC
- 11.5% of this company's filings
Student Loan Direct falling annual filings
Annual filing volume from the CFPB public database
- 2026
- 3
- -57.1% vs 2018
Top States
| State | Complaints |
|---|---|
| SC | 3 |
| PA | 3 |
| IN | 3 |
| TX | 3 |
| NC | 2 |
| WV | 2 |
| VA | 1 |
| AL | 1 |
| OH | 1 |
| LA | 1 |
| MO | 1 |
| TN | 1 |
| WI | 1 |
| KS | 1 |
Top Issues
| Issue | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Dealing with your lender or servicer | 8 |
| Struggling to repay your loan | 7 |
| Incorrect information on your report | 5 |
| Fraud or scam | 3 |
| Threatened to contact someone or share information improperly | 1 |
| Improper use of your report | 1 |
| False statements or representation | 1 |
Yearly Trend
| Year | Complaints | Timely |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 7 | 100% |
| 2019 | 8 | 100% |
| 2020 | 1 | 100% |
| 2021 | 1 | 100% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0% |
| 2026 | 3 | 33.3% |
Source: CFPB Consumer Complaint Database
Student Loan Direct's narrative-rich complaint ledger
Student Loan Direct's 26 logged complaints stay concentrated: only 14 states show a filing. 50% of filings carry a written consumer narrative, an unusually well-documented record. Records run from 2018 through 2026-06-25.
Student Loan Direct answers 69.2% of complaints inside the CFPB's tracked window and closes 53.8% with a written explanation. 11.5% end in monetary or non-monetary relief for the consumer. Consumers disputed just 0% of responses after the company replied. "Student loan" draws the most filings, most often for "Dealing with your lender or servicer."
A complaint is a consumer-reported allegation, not proven wrongdoing. See the disclaimer below for how volume relates to company size, and cross-check against the CFPB Consumer Complaint Database directly before drawing conclusions about Student Loan Direct.
Compare beyond geography
Nationwide peers by volume & timely response
Two PlainComplaint-derived comparison paths for Student Loan Direct: nearest filing volume and nearest CFPB timely-response rate among companies with at least 100 logged complaints. State breakdowns above stay geographic; these neighborhoods vary by metric.
Similar filing volume
Nearest companies by total CFPB complaints. This record: 26.
Similar timely response rate
Nearest companies by CFPB 15-day timely-response %. This record: 69.2%.
Disclaimer: This data is from CFPB public records. PlainComplaint does not provide financial advice. A complaint does not indicate that a company has violated any law or regulation. Complaint volumes are influenced by company size, customer base, and market presence. Use this data as one of many inputs when evaluating a company.
Data sourced from official public datasets for Student Loan Direct (69.2% timely; 11.5% relief). methodology.
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